{"id":8727,"date":"2015-09-17T09:53:13","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T13:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/?p=8727"},"modified":"2015-09-17T09:53:13","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T13:53:13","slug":"thursdays-dragon-38-39-kami-oru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keepsakecrafts.net\/blog\/2015\/09\/17\/thursdays-dragon-38-39-kami-oru\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday’s Dragon #38 & 39-Kami & Oru"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week’s dragons are indeed polymer clay, although they’re done in a technique you may not have expected to ever see in polymer clay. They are made with origami folds.<\/p>\n

Click on any of the photos for a closer look.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"dragon<\/a><\/p>\n

I first got the idea when looking in my summer issue of\u00a0The Polymer Arts magazine. It was an article by Izabela Nowak (izabelanowakdesign.wordpress.com<\/a>)\u00a0on origami folds and making jewelry with them. She made some very simple folds, but put them together in really fascinating ways. (You can an example of this in her blog header.)<\/p>\n

I wondered if I could make a simple origami sculpture with polymer clay.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019d like to see my other dragon creations so far, I\u2019ve made a Thursday\u2019s Dragon Pinterest board<\/a> just for them.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"dragon<\/a>
A paper test dragon before trying it in clay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The first thing I did was look online for a\u00a0relatively simple origami dragon. Then I made\u00a0it twice in paper to make sure I understood it. Then I went to bed and woke up in the morning thinking I was insane to even try it. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

However the next day, after rolling out my clay very thin, cutting into a perfect 6 inch square and dusting it lightly with cornstarch, I was pleasantly surprised to find it was fairly easy to manipulate into origami folds.<\/p>\n

\"dragon<\/a><\/p>\n

The really tricky part is\u00a0where the folds stack up and get thick. Of course that’s going to create even more bulk in clay than it would\u00a0in paper.<\/p>\n

If you want to try origami and polymer clay I would highly recommend using the Sculpey\u00a0Souffl\u00e9 brand as it just seems to have the right feel.\u00a0A light dusting of cornstarch or baby powder is all you need. The second dragon made\u00a0with my leftover faux\u00a0abalone clay mix needed a more heavy dusting of cornstarch which I think dried it out and made it\u00a0crack. It was generally more difficult to manipulate.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019d like to see my other dragon creations so far, I\u2019ve made a Thursday\u2019s Dragon Pinterest board<\/a> just for them.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"dragon<\/a><\/p>\n

All in all it was a fun experiment and I’ll definitely consider trying it again with different origami forms. Maybe simpler ones this time. \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

Check out\u00a0this post on Errol, dragon #1<\/a>, for the details on\u00a0why\u00a0I am\u00a0making one\u00a0dragon for every week in 2015.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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